Re: God forbid anyone should like anything!



RickH wrote:
>
> Joey Goldstein wrote:
> > Thingo wrote:
> > >
> > > Joey Goldstein wrote:
> > > >
> > My denstist is trying educate me now about why he thinks I need to spend
> > $2k for a crown on my right-side lower molar even though most of my
> > actual pain is happening in a right side upper molar. He can't see
> > anything wrong with the upper but notices a small crack in the lower.
> > Now that I've received his letter of assessment and his projected
> > invoice I know a lot more about molars and dentistry than I did
> > previously. But I still hate getting my teeth drilled.
> >
>
> Joey, this is OT but I had a hairline crack in a lower molar but
> strangely all the pain was felt in the upper. One day while eating a
> bagel, (the morning of my fathers funeral), the lower tooth peak, where
> the crack was, finally cracked off all the way. Suddenly all pain in
> the upper was gone. The nerves in this area criss-cross or something.
> To this day whenever I feel that cracked lower tooth, I think of my
> dad. As I was leaving the house to go bury him that morning, I was
> chomping a sticky a bagel that pulled the broken the tooth fragment
> off. For a couple years prior I lived with the pain thinking the upper
> tooth was bad, when it was really the lower. I dont go to dentists
> often enough, and I think my dad somehow left me this little reminder
> of him in my mouth. 2k is steep but at least Canada will pay for some
> of it.

No they won't. Dentistry is not covered in Canada's health plan unless
you have a life-threatening dental problem.

--
Joey Goldstein
http://www.joeygoldstein.com
joegold AT sympatico DOT ca
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